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`SHELT METAL BAIL, No. 319,080. Patented June 2, 1885.

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SHEET-METAL. PAIL.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,080, dated .Tune 2, i885.

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Be it known that I, ISAAC NEWTON Errani` KER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Vhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain neu and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Pails; and I do hereby declare the following to be ai'ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as-will enable others skilled inV the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying d rawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

My invention pertains to certain improvements in sheet-metal pails; audit consists, essentially, in a detachable base designed and adapted to be clamped upon the bottom ol the pail after the same is otherwise completed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a pail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the pail and the base detached from the pail, and Fig. 3 is a section of -a part of Fig. l.

A is a shcetnietal pail, which may be of any conformation, and constructed with either vertical or diverging sides.

B is a detachable niet-allie base, made, preferably, of hoop-iron galvanized. The upper edge of the base B is drawn inward, so as to form an inwardly-extending flange, a. The juncture oi' the side of the pail with its bottom forins an annular bead or ridge, @,around the outside of the lower edge of the pail, and such flange a clasps the pail directly above such ridge, and the base B is held in place partly by friction and in part by the frange a engaging the annular recess formed on the exterior of the pail by the ridge e on one side and the outward swell of the sides of the pail on the other.

' At equal distances on the inside of the base B and slightly below its upper margin are rigidly attached the stops or rests b, which, particularly in vessels having vertical sides, serve to prevent the pail from settling too far into the base B.

The ends of the buse B are adapted to pass each other, and are held together by a screwbolt.

On the inner end of the base B is formed the horizontal slot d, through which from the outside of the baselis passed the screw-bolt C, and by means of the slot d the base B is readily enlarged or reduced to tit different-sized pails. f2

The advantages of my invention are that by means thereof I aiu enabled to furnish bases of cheap niaterial-to wit, hoop-iron, andV attach the saine to pails Without either riveting or soldering, and such base is much more durable than tin or sheet-iron bases, as Well asinuch cheaper.

iVliat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination of the detachable base B. having flange a, and provided with the slot d and the bolt C, and the pail A, provided with the ridge e, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC NEWTON ELLMAKER.

Vitnesses:

JOHN H. CoNLoN, BELLE MANAHN. 

